IIRC correctly from a paper I wrote about it way back in the day, a lot of toxic waste was dumped by French and Swiss companies, as well as the Italian mafia's waste disposal fronts.
At the same time, there was mass overfishing from Taiwanese and Thai(?) Fleets.
Turns out that if your government can't defend your maritime borders, all sorts of assholes will take advantage.
I'm pretty sure it was french nuke dumping that turned Somali fishers to piracy. Taiwanese overfishing probably didn't help though
IIRC correctly from a paper I wrote about it way back in the day, a lot of toxic waste was dumped by French and Swiss companies, as well as the Italian mafia's waste disposal fronts.
At the same time, there was mass overfishing from Taiwanese and Thai(?) Fleets.
Turns out that if your government can't defend your maritime borders, all sorts of assholes will take advantage.
I think the french were using org crime to dump too
I'm just saying it's one thing if it's harder to get a catch, it's another if everyone eating your fish is dying from cancer. Ask the Athabascans
Thank you for the mental image of a gang of organized criminal mimes.